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Occupation. Yiddish theatre actress. Reizl Bozyk (born 13 May 1914, Poland – 1 October 1993, New York, New York, USA), also known as Rose Bozyk and Róża Bożyk, was a Polish-born American actress of the Yiddish theatre.
Actress: Crossing Delancey. Reizl Bozyk was born on 13 May 1914 in Bromberg, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia [now Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Crossing Delancey (1988), Law & Order (1990) and Catskill Honeymoon (1950). She was married to Max Bozyk.
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Aug 24, 2018 · Yiddish theater star Reizl Bozyk, standing, appeared in the film as the Irving character’s Jewish grandmother. It was her only role in a major film. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)
Reizl Bozyk was born on May 13, 1914 in Bromberg, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia [now Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Crossing Delancey (1988), Law & Order (1990) and Catskill Honeymoon (1950). She was married to Max Bozyk. She died on September 30, 1993 in New York City, New York, USA.
- May 13, 1914
- September 30, 1993
Oct 3, 1993 · TIMES STAFF WRITER. Reizl Bozyk, a respected actress in Yiddish theater since girlhood who matured into everybody’s favorite “Bubbe” when she made the English-language film “Crossing Delancey,”...
Sep 30, 1993 · Reizl Bozyk (born 13 May 1914, Poland – 30 September 1993, New York, New York, USA), also known as Rose Bozyk, was a Polish-born American actress of the Yiddish theatre. Her only claim to mainstream fame was her sole film role in which she played the interfering grandmother of Amy Irving in Joan Micklin Silver's film Crossing Delancey (1988).
Yiddish actress. Name variations: Reizel. Born in Poland in 1914; died at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York on September 30, 1993; married Max Bozyk (a Yiddish actor; died 1970). Reizl Bozyk began acting in Poland at the age of five or six, performing first with her parents and then with her future husband Max Bozyk.
